So begins a new article demonstrating how group discussions of poetry—something that might seem irrelevant to medical practice or physical wellness—can foster communication, connection, and collective reflection for physicians, interprofessional health care teams, and groups that include practitioners, patients, and families, allowing participants to once again find meaning in medicine.

The article is published in The Permanente Journal (a medical journal akin to JAMA or New England Journal of Medicine—so my article lives among ones about cutting-edge medical research). You can download the PDF here: http://www.thepermanentejournal.org/files/2017/17-048.pdf It’s free, and written in an accessible style, and I am hoping it will do good work in the world, so please share it widely with poetry-types and medical-types whom you know.